Boxer Mike Towell will be laid to rest in Dundee on Friday, just over two weeks after he collapsed during a televised fight.

Towell, 25, was stretchered from the ring after being stopped by the referee in the fifth round of his bout against Welshman Dale Evans at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow on Thursday, September 29.

He fell to the canvas at the conclusion of the fight run by the St Andrews Sporting Club before doctors went into the ring to offer medical attention and provide him with oxygen.

Towell, who has a young son named Rocco, died 12 hours after being taken off life support at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

His funeral will take place at St Andrew's Cathedral in Dundee on Friday at 10am followed by internment at Birkhill Cemetery.

A statement from the Towell family reads: "It is the family's hope that everyone who attends the service does so to celebrate Mike's life.

"We will always mourn losing him but we hope everyone takes time to remember the enjoyment and the smiles he brought into their lives.

"As a sign of this we would ask that no one wears either black or red to the funeral, Mike didn't like the colour red.

"Also we would request that there be no floral tributes, instead there will be a donation at the cathedral that will benefit charities close to the hearts of Mike and the family."